Police investigating two assaults at Windsor nursing home

Patient, nursing home employee involved in Wednesday's assault

WINDSOR – For the second time in 12 days, police are investigating an assault at a Windsor nursing home.

Police were called to Consulate Health Care of Windsor, at 23352 Courthouse Highway, around 3:45 p.m. Wednesday after an alleged assault that appears to be self-defense by a nursing home employee, said Police Chief Vic Reynolds.

Several witnesses told police that the patient verbally threatened to kill and tried to attack the employee, Reynolds said. The staff member allegedly responded by using unknown force to defend herself, he said.

The incident remains under investigation and no one has been charged in Wednesday's incident, Reynolds said.

On Feb. 16, an Alzheimer's patient was accused of assaulting an elderly female patient in her bed in the nursing home's Alzheimer's unit. The man was accused of going into victim's room, shutting the door and physically assaulting her because he believed a man was in the victim's room calling out racial slurs at him, Reynolds said.

Commonwealth's Attorney Wayne Farmer has not yet determined if charges will be filed in that assault, Reynolds said.